LAS VEGAS — Tourists began taking in the view Monday from a skyline-changing observation wheel that offers a unique overview of sparkling Las Vegas Strip resorts, wide skies and craggy brown mountains in the distance.

Van Kim, of Phoenix, declared the experience “unanimously awesome.”

Kim stood in line for six hours to be in the first gondola to complete the 30-minute ride on the 550-foot High Roller. Its height eclipses the 541-foot Singapore Flyer and the nearly 443-foot London Eye.

Leitner-Poma of America in Grand Junction built the 40-passenger orbs that remain on the outside of the wheel to provide an unobstructed view.

The Las Vegas wheel is part of $550 million restaurant, bar, retail and entertainment development built by Caesars Entertainment.

More than a third of Americans in a new national survey said they think the heightened focus on diversity at work has overlooked white men. Meanwhile, 32 percent of male respondents, meanwhile, reported feeling “personally excluded” in the office.

An unprecedented $350 million worth of commercial projects broke ground along the I-25 corridor in Thornton in 2017, city economic development officials say. There is little reason to think the flood of development will stop any time soon, and neighbors Westminister